News: conferences, events and seminars
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2019
2020
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Sir Richard Arnold, Westminster Law School Annual Lecture, London
University Association for Contemporary European Studies Conference: Health in Europe Panel, Belfast – call for abstracts
SLSA events and SLSA co-sponsored events
SLSA Postgraduate Conference, 8–9 January 2020, Edinburgh
SLS-JAC-SLSA Workshop on Judicial Appointments: ‘Academics as Judges’, Coventry
SLSA Annual Conference 2019, Portsmouth
The Perennial Problem of Disclosure – A way forward?, Bristol
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples, London
2019
December
LSAANZ Conference: Survive, thrive, die
Dates: 5–7 December 2019
Venue: South Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Australia
Please see website for details.
LIRC 2019 Works-In-Progress
Date: 12 December 2019
Venue: Legal Intersections Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia
See flyer for details.
Northern/Ireland Health Law and Ethics Network: Invitation to December meeting
Date: 13 December 2019
Venue: Houston Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
Please see attachment for details.
Flashpoints: Human Rights, Law and Religion
Date: 16 December 2019
Venue: Centre for Rights and Justice, Nottingham Trent University
Please see website for details.
2020
January
Becoming Indigenous in International Law One Bedouin Story at a Time
Date: 8 January 2020
Venue: Transnational Law Institute, Methods Law, King's College London
Speaker: Dr Emma Nyhan, University of Melbourne
Please see website for details of this free event.
70 years of the Indian Republic, London
Date: 20 January 2020
Venue: SOAS, South Asia Institute, London
Please see attachment for details.
Knowledge Frontiers Symposium: Natures, cultures and communities
Dates: 30 January–1 February 2020
Venue: Dublin
Organised by the British Academy in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy. Please see flyer for details.
February
Sir Richard Arnold, Westminster Law School Annual Lecture
Date: 4 February 2019
Venue: Westminster Law School, London
Please see website for details of this free event.
March
SLS-JAC-SLSA Workshop on Judicial Appointments: ‘Academics as Judges’
Date: 21 March 2020
Venue: Coventry University
This event is organised jointly by the SLSA, the Society for Legal Scholars and the Judicial Appointments Commission. Please see website for details. Places are limited so early booking is advised.
Crime Justice and Social Harms: call for papers
Dates: 31 March–1 April 2020
Venue: Keble College, Oxford
Organised by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Please see attachment and website for details. Call closes: 2 December 2019.
April
Workshop on Critical Perspectives on Land Registration: call for papers
Date: 6 April 2020
Venue: Birkbeck Univeristy of London
See website for details. Closing date: 1 March 2020.
Modern Studies in Property Law 2020
Dates: 15–17 April 2020
Venue: Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Please see website for further details.
Interdisciplinarity as Resistance
Dates: 23–25 April 2020
Venue: Konstepidemin Arts Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
Please see website for details. This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition.
May
Supporting Law Students in 2020 and Beyond: Exploring the why, what and how: call for papers
Date: 21 May 2020
Venue: Leeds Law School, Leeds Beckett University
Please see announcement for details. Closing date: 20 December 2019.
Law and Society Association: Graduate and early career workshop – call for participants
Dates: 26–27 May 2020
Venue: Denver Colorado, USA
See website for details. Closing date: 15 December 2019.
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting: call for submissions closing date extended
Dates: 28–31 May 2020
Venue: Denver, Colorado, USA
Please see website for details. Closing date: 20 November 2019.
June
Legal Design: Concepts, methods, norms and examples
Date: 11–12 June 2020
Venue: City, University of London
Please see webpage for details. This is an SLSA Seminar Competition event.
Impact and Wellbeing: call for papers
Dates: 19–20 June 2020
Venue: Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
Please see flyer and submission form for details. Closing date: 6 February 2020.
Stigmatization, Identities and the Law: Asian and comparative perspectives
Dates: 23–24 June 2020
Venue: Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Please see attachment for details.
Feminism, Law and Citizenship
Dates: 24–26 June 2020
Venue: University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris
Please see flyer for details.
WG Hart Workshop 2020: New Perspectives on Jurisdiction and the Criminal Law
Dates: 29–30 June 2020
Venue: tbc
Further details to be announced in due course.
Genocide and Law: Communicating through visual arts and language: call for papers
Dates: 26–28 June 2020
Venue: Poznan, Poland
This is the 21st International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law and the 15th Conference on Legal Translation and Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics. Please see flyer for details. Call closes: 28 February 2020.
July
Law and Humanities Roundtable 2020: call for papers
Date: 3 July 2020
Venue: University of Southampton
Please see attachment for details. Closing date for abstracts: 13 December 2019.
SOGICA Final Conference: call for submissions
Dates: 7–8 July 2020
Venue: University of Sussex, Falmer Campus, Brighton
Please see website for details of this event organised by the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum Project. Closing date: 22 January 2020.
Gender Dimensions of Violence Prevention, Mona Jamaica: call for participation
Date: 15 July 2020
Venue: University of the West Indes, Mona Law Campus, Jamaica
Seminar Convenors: Dr Ramona Biholar (Faculty of Law) and Dr Dacia Leslie (SALISES)
Please see attachment for call for chapter contributions for a peer-reviewed edited collection arising from this event. Call for chapter proposals closes: 20 November 2019.
September
University Association for Contemporary European Studies Conference: Health in Europe Panel – call for abstracts
Dates: 6–9 September 2019
Venue: Queen's University Belfast
Please see announcement for further details. Closing date: Monday 6 January 2020.
November
British Crime Historians Symposium: call for papers
Dates: 2–4 September 2020
Venue: Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds
See announcement and website for details. Call closes: 8 April 2020.
2021
WG Hart Legal Workshop 2021: Call for Workshop Proposals and the Nomination of Academic Directors
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is seeking proposals and Academic Directors for the 2021 W G Hart Legal Workshop from law schools across the UK. Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 10 January 2020.
Oñati Institute Workshops: call for applications
Applications are invited from interested parties to organise workshops on topics within the broad field of law in society. Please see website for details. Closing date: 7 February 2020.